Where does “murhatutkimus” come from?
murhatutkimus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkimus, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
murhatutkimus (Finnish): murder investigation
Ancestry of “murhatutkimus”, step by step
murhatutkimus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tutkimus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tutkimus | research; examination; investigation |
| 2 | Finnish | tutkia | to examine, investigate; to research; Partitive... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ia | Forms primarily transitive verbs describing... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -idak | applicative suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j- | — |
via Finnish murha
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | murha | murder; first-degree murder |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | murþą | death; killing, murder |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mr̥tós | dead; mortal |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |